Ottawa sets six per cent price cap across federal sector
Federal budget measures limit price increases to six per cent in the first year and five per cent the next for all prices under federal jurisdiction. Agencies such as Air Canada VIA Rail CN Canada Post and Petro Canada fall under the rule. Bell Canada requests may be rolled back but need cabinet approval. The policy aims to curb inflation though officials say real gains depend on provinces and private sector adoption.
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Ottawa
Treasury Board
Donald Johnston
Air Canada
VIA Rail
Canada Post
Petro-Canada
Bell Canada
Johnston
CRTC
Bell
Statistics Canada
Tista Figueiredo
Gallup
Trudeau
Weather map hints trouble for Sunny High
Index shows Sunny High 25 with a low of 12. A weather map on Page 18 hints at trouble as forecasts warn of colder conditions.
Beirut plan drafted to move PLO fighters from Lebanon
Syrian and Saudi diplomats met with President Reagan and proposed a two step withdrawal of 8000 PLO fighters from West Beirut. The plan aims to relocate fighters to northern Lebanon and secure Arab League approval before each nation accepts a portion of the guerrillas.
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Washington
Middle East
Reagan
Lebanon
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Arab League
PLO
Beirut
Israel
Prince Saud al Faisal
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Canadian economy marked by deeper recession shift to business investment cuts
Statistics Canada reports no early end to the downturn with weakness moving from exports and consumer demand to large cuts in business investment. The Canada economy faces higher unemployment and reduced output, while consumer saving remains elevated and wages lag inflation.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Canada
StatsCan
Trudeau
Brazil
Joao Bap
United States
U.S
IRA bombings kill two guards in Hyde Park attack
London police expanded a manhunt for IRA bombers after two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park killed two soldiers and injured 51 others. Thatcher vowed justice as Sinn Fein claimed responsibility and detectives traced a blue Austin Morris car and possible explosive transport.
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London
Scotland Yard
IRA
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Hyde Park
Regent’s Park
Green Jackets
Associated Press
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
Diane Elder
Burlington
Ont
England
Canada
Elder
Halifax
the Yard
Dublin
Belfast
Gilbert Kelland
Rotten Row
Blues and Royals Regiment
Household Cavalry
John Marriott
Patrick Moran
Brazil Brazil Wheat Pact Could Reach Nine Hundred Million
Ottawa reports Brazil and Canada signed a three year wheat deal for at least three million tonnes valued at a minimum $600 million with potential to hit $900 million if maximum purchases occur. The agreement runs from 1983 and follows a state visit by President Figueiredo. Brazil is a major market for Canadian grain exports.
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Ottawa
Brazil
Canada
Joao Baptista Figueiredo
Hazen Argue
Canadian Wheat Board
Knutson launches bid for WCC leadership in Alberta
Elmer Knutson addressed about 35 party members in Medicine Hat signaling his bid to lead the Western Canada Concept. He aims to build a populist base into a political party, while stressing unity with Kesler and other WCC figures at the August leadership race in Red Deer.
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Elmer Knutson
Western Canada Concept Party
Red Deer
Knutson
Medicine Hat
Cypress
WCC
Western Canada
Gordon Kesler
West
Canada
West Fed
al Maggard
al Oeming
R.L. Snell
Kesler
Highwood
Oeming
Peter Lougheed
Progressive Conservatives
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Robin Schlaht
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Queen's Blues and Royals
Peter Hayden
Stylerite
Yankees
Barons
Esday
Ann Landers
Don McGillivray
Graham Kelly Iy
Thatcher
House of Commons
Charles Haughey
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald
Northern Ireland
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